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Farm safety
‘Safety is not an optional extra, it’s a priority’ – IFA
James Hanly
The scheme, announced by Minister Martin Heydon and Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, allows farmers to write off 50% of the cost of eligible safety equipment each year over two years.
18 March 2025 News
Increased chainsaw use after storm Éowyn could be causing more injuries - FRS
Data shows that 4% of deaths on farms and 6.5% of injuries are related to chainsaws or timber-related works.
26 February 2025 News
How Irish farmers could be affected by a UK nuclear accident
Documents provided to the Irish Farmers Journal by the EPA show that officials discussed the fallout of a nuclear accident with the Department of Environment in 2022.
Five safety tips for calving time
Calving is a time when cow temperament can quickly change and farmers can be easily caught out. Outlined are a few tips to working safely at calving time.
1 February 2025 Management
Working safely to repair storm damage
Where farmers are carrying out repairs after storm Éowyn, do not take risks that can compromise your safety.
28 January 2025 Management
What can dairy farmers do in advance of Storm Éowyn?
As the country prepares for what is forecast to be one of the worst storms in many years, Aidan Brennan looks at what dairy farmers can do in advance of the disruption.
23 January 2025 News
HSA inspection campaign set to focus on livestock
The campaign will focus on the safe management of livestock during calving season, when the risk of injury to farmers increases significantly.
22 January 2025 News
Dairy farm expansions linked with more workplace injuries, research shows
According to research by Teagasc, in partnership with the Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN), there are higher injury levels on farms which have expanded and are intensively managed for milk.
19 January 2025 News
Farmer Writes: Not everything puts on weight over Christmas
Accidents can happen in the blink of an eye and all of a sudden there’s no one there to do the work or feed the stock. People can be left in an awful situation overnight, James Strain writes.
13 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Five tips for early season slurry spreading
As the window for slurry applications opens in mid-Janaury in designated regions of the country, outlined are some tips to spreading in early spring.
11 January 2025 Management
Five fatalities on NI farms during 2024
The five farm deaths last year compares to six fatalities on NI farms in 2023 and three fatalities in 2022.
8 January 2025 Northern Ireland
'Epidemic' of mental health problems among farmers - Walsh
MEP Walsh highlights plague of mental health issues in farming with European Commissioner for Agriculture.
18 December 2024 News